EP0838765B1 - System und Verfahren zur Wiederauffindung von Dokumenten in mehreren Sprachen - Google Patents

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EP0838765B1
EP0838765B1 EP97118378A EP97118378A EP0838765B1 EP 0838765 B1 EP0838765 B1 EP 0838765B1 EP 97118378 A EP97118378 A EP 97118378A EP 97118378 A EP97118378 A EP 97118378A EP 0838765 B1 EP0838765 B1 EP 0838765B1
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  • This invention relates to a document searching system and method which enables to search discretionally the documents described by plural different languages (multilingual documents) according to the key word written by the designated language (e.g. native language) and to display the search result by the designated language.
  • the designated language e.g. native language
  • the searcher When the database to be searched is written in another language from the searcher's native language, the searcher should translate the key words for searching from their native language to that used in the database prior to inputting the search.
  • Such a searching system has been provided in which the search formula input is written by the searcher's native language and then is translated automatically to that used in the database to be searched. The search is then carried out in the database.
  • Such a system is disclosed by Japanese Kokai Patent No. 8-202721 where the search result is translated automatically to the searcher 'a native language and then displayed.
  • the documents to be searched are generally text data only, but they are usually supplemented by objects such as drawings, photographs or animations.
  • each object is usually arranged in a designated area and shown together with the text data on the same page.
  • the object is linked to the text data by assigning a tag with specified function in the document, and such text is referred to as hyper-linked text.
  • SGML and HTML, used in WWW are two kinds of texts of this type.
  • Such software such as viewers or browsers are generally utilized to interpret and develop the hyper-linked text and then display it.
  • Such a system may be constructed by combining these techniques mentioned above as follows.
  • the search condition formula is translated automatically to an equivalent one written in another language so as to include synonyms.
  • the search is then carried out and then the search result is automatically translated to and displayed by the language defined during the input of the search condition formula.
  • Hong Yoon Kim et al. "A Presentation Agent for Multilingual Services", Proceedings of the Network Operations and Management Symposium (Nom, Kissimmee, Feb. 14-17, 1994, vol. 2 of 3, February 1994, IEEE, pages 635-644) discloses a presentation agent for multilingual services, such as flight information systems, in which the items of a database are classified into three types. The items which are common in all languages are not translated, short vocabulary items are converted by simple conversion tables and long sentence items have to be translated either by a machine translator or are pre-translated before being entered into the database.
  • EP-A-0 725 353 discloses a document retrieval and display system which retrieves source documents in different languages from servers linked by a communication network, translates the retrieved source documents as necessary, stores the translated documents, and displays the source documents and translated documents at a client device connected to the communication network.
  • Patent abstracts of Japan 01185724 discloses an information retriever in which a key word is extracted from the query text.
  • the system automatically generates the synonyms of the search formula and translates them to other languages. This happens even if the documents to be searched are written in the same language used in the original search terms. Thus, if both the searcher's native language and the other languages are included this may complicate the search.
  • the documents to be searched include more than three languages such as Japanese, English. French and German
  • plural translating functions and means that is, from English to Japanese, from English to French, and from English to German, are required.
  • the translating function is generally applied to sentences and therefore, it is of a high technical level, has a large structure and is a complicated program. This causes the system response to be lowered when the program is packaged.
  • the document searching system for multilingual documents of the present invention is characterized as described below to solve these problems.
  • the system of the present invention is provided with and characterized by an input means to input a search command including a search key word designated by the searcher; a translation control means for the key word to translate the key word input by the searcher into another language used in the document to be searched; a search formula generating means to generate a search formula from the key word transferred from the translation control means based on the key word; a search means to search a document storage means according to the search formula transferred from the search formula generating means; a search result storage means to store the searched and selected documents; another translation control means for the search result to translate the documents stored in the search result storage means to the designated language; and a display means to display the results of the translation.
  • the document searching system for multilingual documents of the present invention is provided with two translation means independent of each other.
  • One is a translation control means for the key word to translate the key word written by the searcher's native language and the other is a translation control means for the search result which may translate the entire text of the documents selected as a search result.
  • the key word translation means a simple translation system shall be applied because the objects of the translation are words such as nouns, verbs and so forth.
  • the search result translation means a high-level translation system shall be applied because the objects of the translation are common sentences and the appropriate translation is required by deducing from the context of the document.
  • Fig. 1 is a block diagram to show the functional structure of the system of the present invention.
  • a document searching system for multilingual documents is provided with a client computer A, an application server B and a data server C.
  • the client computer A has a display input means 1.
  • the display input means 1 takes the information input by the client into the system and transfers it to a communication control means 2 in the application server B through the communication network and also receives the information from the communication control means and then displays it.
  • the application server B comprises the communication control means 2; a translation control means 3 for a free key word to translate the free key word into the other required languages; a synonym search means 4 which is provided with the functions for registration and modification of the word in order to search and output the words having identical or equivalent meaning with the free key word input by the client; and a search formula generating means 5 which generates a search formula according to key words output from the translation control means 3 for the free key word.
  • the application server B also comprises a primary storage means 8 for temporarily storing the search results; a translation control means 9 for optionally translating the search result; and an edit means 10 for editing the search results and outputting the edited results to the communication control means 2.
  • a secondary storage means 11 is added to the primary storage means 8 to enable temporary storage of the document which may be the search result just prior to being displayed or the document not yet translated.
  • the data server C comprises a search means 6 which works as a search engine; and a plural document storage means 7 which stores plural documents to be searched.
  • the operation of the document searching system for multilingual documents will be described.
  • the language used to define the search conditions is selected by the searcher (step 100) and then the databases to be searched are designated (step 101) and at the next step, the search condition is input (step 102).
  • the search start button is operated (step 103)
  • the translation control means 3 for the free key word and the synonym search means 4 start processing.
  • the initial condition is set (step 200). Then the language used to define and input the search conditions is checked to see whether it coincides with that of the documents to be searched. In case they coincide, the processing goes to the synonym search routine 203 (Fig. 5). In case they do not coincide, the processing goes to the translation function main routine 202 (Fig. 4) and then moves to the synonym search routine 203.
  • the search condition is redefined to add the synonyms to the original search condition input by the searcher and set to a search table (i). The "i" is a variable. The databases to be searched and the corresponding search formula are set in the search table.
  • the databases to be searched are checked to see whether the next one is waiting or not. If a database is waiting, the variable "1" is added by 1 and the language for the next database waiting to be searched is set (step 207) and then the processing cycle returns to the step 201. When the next database is not waiting, the routine is terminated.
  • Fig. 4 shows a main routine for the translation function.
  • the search condition is input at step 300.
  • the search condition consists of the language used by the searcher, the free word used for searching and the languages used in the databases to be searched. Therefore the number of search conditions is decided by the combination of those elements.
  • the search condition is set, the language used to define the search conditions is translated into other languages that are used in the databases to be searched (step 301).
  • the search word is checked to see whether it is translatable or not at step 302. If translatable, the translated search condition is added (step 303). If not translatable, nothing is added and the corresponding portion is left blank. Then the search condition is checked to see whether another search condition is waiting or not (step 304), and if waiting, the cycle returns to step 301.
  • Fig. 5 shows a synonym search routine.
  • the search condition is checked to see whether the word is set or not (step 400). If the word is set, the synonyms of the word are picked up from the synonym tables defined for each language used for searching (step 401). If the synonyms are stored in the table (step 402), these synonyms are picked up (step 403). If no synonym is stored in the table, nothing will be picked up. Then the search condition is checked to see whether another search condition is waiting or not at step 404, and if waiting, the cycle returns to step 400.
  • the search formula generating means 5 receives the table in which the synonyms for the free key word in the search condition and the database to be searched are stored from the free key word translation means (step 500). Then the searcher is asked to confirm the contents of each search condition (step 501). The searcher checks whether the search condition should be changed or not (step 502) and if changed, revised data will be set (step 503). The revision by the searcher includes the confirmation, the addition and the deletion of synonyms. When step 502 results in no revision, the information from the free key word translation means is used as it is. Then the search formula is generated (step 504).
  • the search formula mentioned above means that the Patent No. field of the records in which either of "KURUMA” "SHARYOU” or “JIDOUSHA” is included and the data of the corresponding Title field are output to the text field from the JP table in which the Japanese Patents are stored ; and that the Patent No. field of the records in which either of "car”, “vehicle”, “automotive” or “automobile” is included and the data of the corresponding Title field are output to the text field from the USP table in which the U.S. Patents are stored.
  • search formula mentioned above is written to make a simple explanation for generating the search formula. Therefore other types of search formulas with individual and general links can be generated because the search method of the document with links for the data server which includes plural storage means of the document with links.
  • the RDB search means and the search means of the document with link execute the search according to the information from the search formula generating means.
  • General and known search methods are applied to these search methods, so their description has been omitted.
  • the number of the selected documents as the search result, and their information including the identification of the sentence, the title, the author and the like and their management information are stored in the primary storage means 8 for the search result (step 600).
  • This information is generally referred to as bibliographic data.
  • the management information comprises language information to identify the kind of the languages and the location information to indicate the location of the sentence.
  • the primary storage means 8 for the search result reserves a designated amount of memory when the searcher is logged in the system. The amount of memory defines the upper limit of the number of searches. This area of memory is reserved until the searcher logs-out and is then released at the same time of the log-out.
  • the searcher is inquired at the step 601 about whether the bibliographic information mentioned above should be translated and displayed or not.
  • step 602 When translation is required (step 602), the information stored in the primary storage means 8 for the search result is read out (step 603). Then the translation control means for the search results is called according to required individual language information and in the next step the translation is carried out (step 604). Then the bibliographic information is transmitted to each translation function (step 605) and it is then transferred to the search result edit routine (step 606) and at the next step 607 the search result list is displayed to the searcher.
  • step 606 will be executed directly.
  • the searcher selects the sentence (e.g.
  • step 608 the management information for the selected sentence is read out (step 609) and the management information is delivered to the search means as a search condition (step 610).
  • step 611 the search is executed by the search means and then the search result is stored in the secondary storage means 11 (step 612).
  • step 612 the whole document and the corresponding objects are stored.
  • the secondary storage means 11 is linked with the primary storage means 8.
  • the searcher is inquired at the step 613 whether the translation should be carried out or not and then the necessity of the translation is judged (step 614) and if necessary, whole sentences or designated portions are translated at step 615.
  • Fig. 8A is a process to show the list of the search result and a tag is assigned to show the list (step 700) and then another tag is assigned to show the number of hits in the search result (step 701).
  • another tag is assigned for the display layout, for instance, it may be a tag for a button to display the result of the translation (step 702).
  • Fig. 8B shows another case where each content to be displayed is respectively defined and a tag is assigned to allocate the button to the position of the drawing (step 703) and then another tag is assigned to link with the control bar on the display (step 704).
  • another tag is assigned to structure the display layout (step 705).
  • the display layout made by these processes will be described with reference to Fig. 9.
  • Fig. 9 shows an example where the present invention is applied to the search system of a patent journal.
  • Fig. 9(A) shows a basic display layout.
  • the frame is divided into three areas : an area 20, an area 30 and an area 40.
  • the area 20 is used to show a control bar in which is arranged the bibliographic information of the patent.
  • a button 21 can be used to indicate the patent publication number, the assignee and the like and to display them on the area 30.
  • a button 22 can be used to show the abstract of the patent; a button 23 can be used to show the claim of the patent; and button 24 can be used to show all of the drawings included in the patent.
  • the area 30 is used to show the contents of the item designated by these buttons.
  • the abstract information is displayed.
  • the drawing number previously selected by the assignee (e.g. Fig. 1) is included in the abstract information.
  • the image drawing corresponding to that Figure number is displayed on the area 40 (object frame).
  • the drawing number included in the abstract can also call the corresponding drawing onto the display by clicking on that number.
  • the select all drawings button 24 of the area 20 is clicked under this condition, the frame shown in Fig. 9B is displayed.
  • This frame comprises an area 50 to show the currant image drawing; a button 51 to call the previous image drawing; a button 52 to call the following image drawing; and a button 53 to call all the drawings at the same time in one frame.
  • the button 53 is selected under this condition, the frame shown in Fig. 9C is displayed.
  • the document searching system for multilingual documents of the present invention is provided with two translation means that are independent of each other as described above. That is, one is a translation control means for the translating the key words written by the searcher's language into another language.
  • the other translation control means is for the search results which may translate the whole documents selected as a search result.
  • the key word translation means a simple translation system is applied because the objects of the translation are words such as nouns, verbs and so forth.
  • the search result translation means a high-level translation system may be applied because the objects of the translation are common sentences and the appropriate translation is required by deducing from the context of the document. Therefore, in the processing steps of the free key word translation means where the search formula may be changed, added, modified or deleted frequently to improve the exactness of the search result, the processing speed in these steps is not decreased and therefore the whole system response may speed up.

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  1. Dokumentsuchsystem für mehrsprachige Dokumente, umfassend:
    Eingabemittel bzw. -einrichtungen zum Eingeben eines Suchbefehls, beinhaltend ein Suchschlüsselwort, eine Sprache, welche durch einen Suchenden bezeichnet ist, und eine Datenbank, welche zu durchsuchen ist, welche durch den Suchenden bezeichnet ist;
    Suchmittel zum Durchsuchen von Dokumentspeichermitteln für ein Speichern von Dokumenten;
    Suchresultat-Speichermittel zum Speichern der ausgewählten Dokumente;
    Suchresultat-Übersetzungsregel- bzw. -steuermittel zum Übersetzen des Suchresultats, welches in den Suchresultat-Speichermitteln gespeichert ist, in die in der Eingabe des Suchbefehls bezeichnete Sprache; und
    Anzeigemittel, um das Resultat der Übersetzung anzuzeigen, gekennzeichnet durch Schlüsselwort-Übersetzungssteuer- bzw. -regelmittel zum Übersetzen des Schlüsselworts, welches durch den Suchenden eingegeben wurde, in eine andere Sprache, welche in den zu durchsuchenden Dokumenten verwendet wird;
    Suchformel-Erzeugungsmittel zum Erzeugen einer Suchformel, umfassend Informationen für die Suche, wie beispielsweise das übersetzte Schlüsselwort, welches von den Schlüsselwort-Übersetzungssteuermitteln übertragen wurde, und die zu durchsuchende Datenbank;
    worin die Schlüsselwort-Übersetzungssteuermittel und die Suchresultat-Übersetzungssteuermittel unabhängig voneinander sind, so daß die Schlüsselwort-Übersetzungssteuermittel das Schlüsselwort übersetzen und die Suchresultat-Übersetzungssteuermittel wenigstens Sätze der ausgewählten Dokumente übersetzen, und
    die Suchmittel die Dokumentenspeichermittel gemäß der Suchformel durchsuchen, welche von den Suchformel-Erzeugungsmittel übertragen wurde.
  2. Dokumentensuchsystem für mehrsprachige Dokumente nach Anspruch 1, worin die Dokumente Dokumente mit Links bzw. Verbindungen sind.
  3. Dokumentensuchsystem für mehrsprachige Dokumente nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, worin das System zusätzlich Synonym-Suchmittel umfaßt, um Synonyme des Schlüsselworts auszugeben, welches durch den Suchenden eingegeben ist.
  4. Dokumentensuchsystem für mehrsprachige Dokumente nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, worin die Synonym-Suchmittel zusätzlich Synonym-Speichermittel und Schreibmittel umfassen, um die Synonym-Speichermittel neu zu schreiben.
  5. Dokumentensuchsystem für mehrsprachige Dokumente nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, worin die Suchformel-Erzeugungsmittel mit Synonym-Modifikationsmitteln versehen sind, welche ein Ändern der ausgewählten Synonyme ermöglichen.
  6. Dokumentensuchsystem für mehrsprachige Dokumente nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, worin die Suchresultat-Übersetzungssteuer- bzw. -regelmittel mit Übersetzungsbereich-Bezeichnungs- bzw. -Bestimmungsmitteln versehen sind, um einen zu übersetzenden Bereich zu bezeichnen.
  7. Dokumentensuchsystem für mehrsprachige Dokumente nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, worin die Suchresultat-Speichermittel mit primären Speichermitteln, um bibliographische Information des Suchresultats zu speichern, und sekundären Speichermitteln versehen sind, um den gesamten Text der Dokumente zu speichern.
  8. Dokumentensuchsystem für mehrsprachige Dokumente nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, worin das Dokument mit einem Link ein HTML-Dokument ist.
  9. Dokumentensuchverfahren für mehrsprachige Dokumente, umfassend die Schritte:
    Eingeben eines Suchbefehls, umfassend ein Such-Schlüsselwort, eine Sprache, welche durch einen Suchenden bezeichnet ist, und eine Datenbank, welche zu durchsuchen ist, welche durch den Suchenden bezeichnet oder bezeichenbar ist;
    Übersetzen des Schlüsselworts, welches durch den Suchenden eingegeben wird, in eine andere Sprache, welche in den zu durchsuchenden Dokumenten verwendet wird; und
    Erzeugen einer Suchformel, welche Information für die Suche umfaßt, wie beispielsweise das übersetzte Schlüsselwort und die zu durchsuchende Datenbank;
    Durchsuchen von Dokumentenspeichermitteln zum Speichern von Dokumenten;
    Speichern der ausgewählten Dokumente in Suchresultat-Speichermitteln;
    Übersetzen der Dokumente, welche in den Suchresultat-Speichermitteln gespeichert werden, in die in der Eingabe des Suchbefehls bezeichnete Sprache; und
    Anzeigen des Resultats der Übersetzung,
    worin der Schritt eines Übersetzens des Schlüsselworts das Schlüsselwort, welches durch den Suchenden eingegeben wurde, übersetzt und der Schritt eines Übersetzens der ausgewählten Dokumente, welche in den Suchresultat-Speichermittel gespeichert werden, wenigstens Sätze der ausgewählten Dokumente übersetzt.
  10. Dokumentensuchverfahren für mehrsprachige Dokumente, umfassend die Schritte:
    Eingeben eines Suchbefehls, beinhaltend ein Suchschlüsselwort, eine Sprache, welche durch einen Suchenden bezeichnet ist, und eine Datenbank, welche zu durchsuchen ist, welche durch den Suchenden bezeichnet oder bezeichenbar ist;
    Übertragen des Schlüsselworts, welches durch den Suchenden eingegeben wurde, in ein Dokumentensuchsystem für mehrsprachige Dokumente, umfassend:
    Schlüsselwort-Übersetzungssteuer- bzw. -regelmittel zum Übersetzen des Schlüsselworts, welches durch den Suchenden eingegeben wurde, in eine andere Sprache, welche in den zu durchsuchenden Dokumenten verwendet wird;
    Suchformel-Erzeugungsmlttel, um eine Suchformel zu erzeugen, umfassend Information für die Suche, wie beispielsweise das Schlüsselwort, welches von den Schlüsselwort-Übersetzungssteuer- bzw. -regelmitteln übertragen wird, und die zu durchsuchende Datenbank;
    Suchmittel zum Durchsuchen von Dokumentenspeichermitteln entsprechend der Suchformel, welche von den Suchformel-Erzeugungsmitteln übertragen wird;
    Suchresultat-Speichermittel zum Speichern der ausgewählten Dokumente;
    Suchresultat-Übersetzungssteuer- bzw. -regelmittel zum Übersetzen der ausgewählten Dokumente, welche in den Suchresultat-Speichermitteln gespeichert werden, in die bei dem Schritt einer Eingabe bezeichnete Sprache; und
    Übertragungsmittel zum Übertragen des übersetzten Suchresultats, wobei das Verfahren weiters umfaßt:
    Anzeigen des Resultats der Übersetzung;
    worin die Schlüsselwort-Übersetzungssteuer- bzw. -regelmittel und die Suchresultat-Übersetzungssteuer- bzw. -regelmittel unabhängig voneinander sind, so daß die Schlüsselwort-Übersetzungssteuer- bzw. -regelmittel das Schlüsselwort übersetzen und die Suchresultat-Übersetzungssteuer- bzw. -regelmittel wenigstens Sätze der ausgewählten Dokumente übersetzen.
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